Loading app from eclipse very very slow during development

Question

H, I'm trying to write a puzzle app for kids. The graphics are all high res HD, very big apk file. It takes for every to load during each update. Is there any way I can sped up the transfer rate of the apk file from eclipse to my device?

Answer 1

The emulator is slow. As @bladiblah says, try low-res graphics for development. You should just be able to set the emulator device to a low setting like QVGA and make sure you have an appropiate subdirectory in /res You may also try to run androidx86 in a virtual machine (e.g. virtualbox) as the performance is much better. However be aware that androidx86 is a fork, so it's not the exact same code that's run on a device.